Medicinal plants of the world : chemical constituents, traditional, and modern medicinal uses

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Medicinal plants of the world : chemical constituents, traditional, and modern medicinal uses

Title remainder

chemical constituents, traditional, and modern medicinal uses

Statement of responsibility

by Ivan A. Ross

Creator

• Ross, Ivan A

Subject

• Plantes médicinales -- Encyclopédies
• Plants, Medicinal
• Medicinal properties
• Encyclopedias
• Encyclopedias
• Plantes médicinales -- Composition | Encyclopédies
• Plantes médicinales -- Encyclopédies comme sujet
• Drug plants
• Scheikundige samenstelling
• Reference works
• Medicinal plants -- Encyclopedias
• Medicinal plants
• Toepassingen
• Therary
• medisinerplanter
• Tıbbi bitkiler -- Ansiklopediler
• Reference works
• plantemedisin
• Encyclopedias
• Geneeskrachtige planten

Genre

• Reference works
• Encyclopedias
• Encyclopédies
• Ansiklopediler

Language

eng

Summary

• "In this compendium of information on herbal medicine, Medicinal Plants of the World, Ivan A. Ross comprehensively documents the medicinal value of twenty-seven major plant species widely used around the world in medicinal formulations. The book's exhaustive summary of available scientific data for each plant provides detailed information on how the plant is used in different countries, describing its traditional therapeutic applications and what is known from its use in clinical trials. Additional material presented includes a botanical description with a color photo of each plant for identification, the common names used for the plant throughout the world, and a listing of the plant's known chemical constituents. A comprehensive bibliography of over 1500 references illuminates the literature available from a wide range of disciplines." "Medicinal Plants of the World offers an unprecedented collection of vital scientific information for pharmacologists, herbal medicine practitioners, drug developers, phytochemists, medicinal chemists, phytologists, toxicologists, and researchers who want to explore the use of plant materials for medicinal and related purposes."--Jacket
• "Continuing in the tradition of the widely acclaimed first volume of Medicinal Plants of the World, Ivan A. Ross now comprehensively documents in Volume 2 the medicinal value of another twenty-four major plant species widely used around the world in medical formulations. His exhaustive summary of available scientific data for each plant provides detailed information on how the plant is used in different countries, describing its traditional therapeutic applications and what is known from its use in clinical trials. Additional material presented includes a botanical description with a color photo of each plant for identification, the common names used for the plant throughout the world, and a listing of the plant's known chemical constituents. A comprehensive bibliography cites the literature available from a wide range of disciplines. [This volume] offers an unprecedented collection of vital scientific information for pharmacologists, herbal medicine practitioners, drug developers, phytochemists, medicinal chemists, phytologists, toxicologists, and researchers who want to explore the use of plant materials for medicinal and related purposes. Its wealth of significant facts will reveal little-known information about these plants and open application horizons for the many novel drugs and drug candidates found in them."--Back cover

Additional physical form

Also available as an electronic book via the World Wide Web to institutions affiliated with netLibrary, Inc.

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

615/.32

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

QV13

LC item number

R824m 1999

Literary form

non fiction

NAL call number

RS164

NAL item number

.R676 1999

Nature of contents

• bibliography
• encyclopedias

NLM call number

QV 13

NLM item number

R824m 1999